yeah, i have only had one drive fail (although most of my other drives have just been pitched when a new computer came along because up until about 3 years ago i wasnt the smartest nerd around), but the drive that failed was a toshiba, the one that came from the factory in the aluminum powerbooks 3 years ago. And you know what, now i have another toshiba in it because applecare replaced it for me. If this one fails anytime soon, i will probably go western digital, like my external, or seagate.